Re: Linux 2.6 kernel,

Afaik, most of such changes to the new kernel branch are independent of
whatever you run on top of it.
There are improvements in scheduling of processes and threads, there are
improvements on diskacessing algortims (I think) and such.

All databases have more or less similar requirements, like: Fast random
disk access, efficient multithreading/multiprocessing
With such kernelimprovements, postgresql will probably automatically
take advantage of such improvements.

On the other hand, there might be a few kernelparameters that need
tuning and those should be explained in the performance-tuning
documents, as soon as there is more information on their behaviour and
such :)

Regards,

Arjen

> Martin_Hurst(at)dom(dot)com wrote:
>
> I was reading the following Information Week article:
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?article
ID=10100565&pgno=2

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Linux is likely to make inroads in the enterprise with the release later
this year of the 2.6 kernel, tuned for use with databases, Witham says.
Changes to the Linux 2.6 kernel will let programs access more data with
greater reliability and run heavier processing loads. It will improve
the performance of databases on eight- and 16-way symmetric
multiprocessor servers, include new file systems that provide faster
access to data with greater reliability, and make it easier to manage
and configure storage on large arrays.
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Are there plans to have Postgresql take advantage of the new Linux 2.6
kernel? -Martin

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